There are several reasons why fufu is trash. Allow me to highlight a few.

1. Fufu is one of the very few starchy foods TOTALLY dependent on an accompaniment, & even that, one variety i.e. soups. Fufu can't go with pepper or stew, unlike all the other starchy foods. A weak link.

2. You can't store fufu for later use during an emergency gastronomic episode. This is a failure not shared by its peers. As a bonus, you can eat banku, gari, rice etc raw but can't do that with fufu. Useless.

3. It is SLIMY & oddly sticky, all unwanted attributes in such foods

4. Fufu pounding is built on exploitation & oppression of lastborns, domestic labourers and male borns. Why should all these people suffer so much, just so the family can enjoy some balls of tasteless starch? Inhumane.

4. You may say ooh, but there's fufu machine and neat fufu etc. But as celebrated fufu purists like my mother have noted, neat fufu & machine fufu are not fufu. (Possibly because the sweat and tears of the pounder add a certain putative flavour?)

In conclusion, Fufu is a tasteless, starchy composite popularised through the large scale oppression of last borns, househelps & male borns. It's been propped up cos no one wants to admit it's inferior taste, lack of versatility & grief it brings to lastborns across the country.

Let us therefore arise, casting off the fufu hegemonic yoke and channel our precious cassava + plantain into life saving, humane, socially supportive, tasteful and storage friendly alternatives like gari and plantain chips. Thank you.

You can also check out my thoughts on waakye

“ODE TO WAAKYE” by Joseph Mireku https://link.medium.com/tWM5ewTH59